9.27. Honours for Lucius Caesar
- Description:
- White marble statue base, with moulding above and below on all sides (W. 0.75 × H. 0.26 x surviving D. 0.45) and damaged. Fragments of the statue have been published 9see bibliography).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- l.1, 0.045; l.2, 0.035
- Date:
- Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
- Findspot:
- Sebasteion: NW Seb II-82, IIIC and VIA, 0.75.
- Original Location:
- Sebasteion
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Found by the NYU expedition during excavation of the Sebasteion in 1982 (82.108; SBI 72)
- Bibliography:
- Mentioned by Reynolds, StudClas 24, 1986, 112; by Smith, JRS 77, 1987, 95, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 194 . Published, with fragments of the statue, by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, no. 28
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 Λούκιον
- 2Καί̣σαρα
- 1ΛΟΥΚΙΟΝ
- 2ΚΑ·ΣΑΡΑ
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Λούκιον
<lb
n="2"
/>
Κα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ί
</unclear>
σαρα
</ab>
Translation:
(Statue of) Lucius Caesar
Commentary:
One of the Sebasteion group of dedications to the imperial family (9.37=72.224, 9.38=72.237, 9.39=72.275, 9.40=73.145, 9.33=77.123, 9.26=80.172, 9.27=82.108, 9.35=82.109, 9.28=82.116, 9.34=82.117, 9.29=82.118, 9.36=82.210, 9.30=84.30, 9.31=84.31, and 9.32=84.41). On these see Reynolds (1996), 'Ruler-cult at Aphrodisias'.
Photographs:
- Face (1983)
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